Coming to America: Pickleball courts in empty mall and office spaces
Coming to an empty mall space near you: pickleball. Renovated mall and office space will be transformed into pickleball courts.
Coming to an empty mall space near you: pickleball. Renovated mall and office space will be transformed into pickleball courts.
A new 18-hole disc golf course offering extensive views of the Blue Ridge Mountains is open to players of all skill levels.
Virginia Tech, fresh off its run to the ACC Tournament title, is a #1 seed in next week’s NCAA Tournament.
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition today after collapsing from a likely cardiac arrest on the field Monday night in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The #13 Virginia Tech women’s basketball team got arguably its most highly anticipated season off to a fine start on Monday night, beating Mount St. Mary’s 101-45 at Cassell Coliseum.
The big winner for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2022, was K-12 public education in Virginia. The Virginia Lottery had record-setting profits in 2021-22 which resulted in a distribution of $779.6 million for public schools.

Staff writer Rebecca J. Barnabi has written a piece on a Staunton woman who is leading an effort to get the city school system to revisit the decision eliminating Weekday Religious Education, a weekly volunteer-led program with a curriculum presenting a narrow, conservative Christian worldview.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin officially dedicated Seven Bends State Park Tuesday in Shenandoah County. The park consists of 1,066 acres situated in the geographically unique Seven Bends area of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.

The 2022 Valley League season opens tonight in Strasburg, and then Friday’s schedule has the Waynesboro Generals hosting the Staunton Braves.

Seventeen Bridgewater College art majors will exhibit their works in a senior art thesis show, “17°,” on display in Bridgewater College’s Beverly Perdue Art Gallery and various locations on campus.
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